Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao tips betting odds predictions

Barcelona will hope to get back to winning ways as they host Athletic Bilbao on Saturday at 4:15pm local time. The visitors haven’t won a game since August, but considering they were close to beating Real Madrid, they will fancy another upset in a week where Barcelona have already failed to win two games against La Liga minnows.

Home Team: Barcelona

It’s been a dreadful week for Barcelona considering their high standards. Before last weekend, Barcelona had won every game so far this season in all competitions, as they look to defend their La Liga title. First of all, on Sunday, they were cruising in a game against Girona before as Clement Longlet was sent off in the 35th minute, with the score line being 1-0 to Barcelona.

The sending off was a concern for Barcelona, as they managed to concede twice to go behind, but then salvaging a home draw courtesy of Gerard Pique as it finished 2-2. However, the history repeated itself again on Wednesday, as Leganes, who had just lost 6-2 at home to Sevilla, managed to come back from 1-0 behind to spring another shock to Barcelona.

Two goals for Leganes in 58 seconds was enough to get the victory and condemn Barcelona to their first defeat of the season. Can Barcelona bounce back after two disappointing results?

Away Team: Athletic Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao’s only victory this season was on the opening day against the team that defeated Barcelona on Wednesday night, Leganes. Since then, they haven’t won a game, drawing three and losing in their last outing against Villarreal 3-0 at home.

Athletic Bilbao had all the possession in that game, but it all went horribly wrong in the second half as their opponents had that killer finish, whereas Athletic Bilbao didn’t. One positive result from that drab period was to get a point against Real Madrid, and they’ll know they will need another top performance to get something from Barcelona this weekend.

Bilbao are likely to come across a fired up Barcelona who will be angry with their last two slip-ups.

Head to Head

Athletic Bilbao’s last success against Barcelona in the league was in 2013, in a 1-0 success, but that was in their home ground. The clubs have met a few times in the Copa Del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup between then and now with a few more successes for Athletic Bilbao, but once again, all coming in the home fixture of two legs. Barcelona’s home record against Athletic Bilbao is incredibly one sided. If Barcelona were to win this fixture, it would be their 15th straight success at home in the league. Bilbao have come to get a few draws in cup competitions along those years, but have earned 0 points from the last 45 points possible. It’s a nightmare ground for Bilbao, but that record has to stop some time.

Predictions and Betting Tips

Barcelona are overwhelming favourites at 2/11 to get the victory, with Athletic Bilbao at 14/1 to end this horrid run at the Camp Nou. Even a draw would be a huge success for Athletic Bilbao, and that is at 6/1. I expect Barcelona to strike back ferociously, and score at least four goals on Saturday.

Barcelona are at 6/4 to score 4 or more goals, and I’d opt for that. For an exact score line, I’d suggest that Barcelona will win with a clean sheet, as their defence will want to tighten up, so a 4-0 is at 9/1.

I have little hope for an away result here, so my final tip would be to bet on Barcelona to win both halves, which is at 10/11.

Most Visited Pages

About betting.football

betting.football bringing you the very best sportsbook reviews worldwide. Remember "STOP when its not FUN".

betting.football is an information website. It is not a gambling site and does not provide or offer any gambling software or services. It is the responsibility of consumers to be aware of and comply with any state, national or country laws that apply to them as regards online gaming. All the sports odds information displayed on this website are for entertainment purposes only. Your jurisdiction may have different wagering allowances as they vary from state to state, province to province and country to country. Using this information to contravene any law or statute is prohibited. Remember, any and all information and advice proffered is for informational and entertainment purposes only - it is not legal advice.

18plus
betting.football does not target an audience under the age of 18. Please visit gambleaware.co.uk or gamcare.org.uk for guidelines on responsible gaming.